Sepsis: mechanisms of bacterial injury to the patient
Abstract In bacteremia the majority of bacterial species are killed by oxidation on the surface of erythrocytes and digested by local phagocytes in the liver and the spleen. Sepsis-causing bacteria overcome this mechanism of human innate immunity by versatile respiration, production of antioxidant e...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-02-01
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| Series: | Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-019-0596-4 |